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Nakuna

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Emerald Dream

20. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:45:19 AM PDT

Well it would probably be more helpful for us to state our age, albeit a small sampling of the WoW player base. I am 21 years old myself, and most of my online buddies that play are between 20 and 26, with one slightly past that being 30.

Tormentor

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Mal'Ganis

22. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:47:17 AM PDT

Well, to play wow, you need a credit card, which makes it a little harder people not 18+ to get into the game. I knwo this from experience, since I had to beg my parents to let me play EQ when I was 12 or so. Only rarely have I run into players under 17. Most of my first raiding guild was made up of people in their late 20's, early 30s (we had a lot of married couples, made for good guild harmony). I'm 23 btw.

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Kaganfindel

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Lothar

23. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:47:18 AM PDT

You know, they say age imparts wisdom, but it seems that the older people get, the firmer set in their prejudice they become.

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Balissa

Cenarion Circle

24. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:49:43 AM PDT

Nightelves must be young. All I see them do all the time is jump everywhere. Constant jumping and flipping over an over to any destination. 90% of the time it is a NE Hunter jumping, jumping, jumping.

Thats HAS to be a 12 year old behind the keys. Ive seen it across must of the servers of WoW and it never fails....always a NE.

Anarchh

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Kael'thas

25. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:50:33 AM PDT

44, but I take offense at being called 'average" : )
We have several folks in our small guild that are in this age bracket.

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Rhionnan

Cenarion Circle

26. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:51:24 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
I am 67, no joke, My grandson got me into this game.

but what I want to know is when that orther whippy rogue runs up and asks for gold, is he a 12 year old like most of wow?

I'm not a grandmother yet, but I have sons who play WoW. Umm...since I'm a woman, I'm a bit sensitive about my age. *blushes*

I'm so pleased to see that there are others playing who aren't kids.

Are you interested in gaming together some time?

Cashah

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Azjol-Nerub

27. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:52:38 AM PDT

Q u o t e:

I'm not a grandmother yet, but I have sons who play WoW. Umm...since I'm a woman, I'm a bit sensitive about my age. *blushes*

I'm so pleased to see that there are others playing who aren't kids.

Are you interested in gaming together some time?

I don't understand that at all.

I'm a woman. I'm 32. Big deal.

Nethaera

Blizzard Poster

28. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:53:49 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
I am 67, no joke, My grandson got me into this game.

but what I want to know is when that orther whippy rogue runs up and asks for gold, is he a 12 year old like most of wow?

I'm 34, going on 35. (I'm staying there too.) Most of the people I game with are in their early 20s to mid 40s. I also know of many older players that have been a part of the guilds I've been in or that I've seen post before as well but it's a smaller population.

The great thing about WoW though is that it has something for many ages. I've seen mention of entire families playing together.

*Quick edit- As noted above, I'm not 12, but will sometimes find myself jumping as I'm going somewhere. It's more evident on characters that have fun jump animations like the BE and NE. I can't help it!

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Halycon

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Burning Blade

30. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:55:35 AM PDT

Q u o t e:

I'm 34, going on 35. (I'm staying there too.) Most of the people I game with are in their early 20s to mid 40s. I also know of many older players that have been a part of the guilds I've been in or that I've seen post before as well but it's a smaller population.

The great thing about WoW though is that it has something for many ages. I've seen mention of entire families playing together.

I know a surprising amount of family units that play.

Kojima

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Hellscream

32. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:56:31 AM PDT

Strangely, the average age of people that play WoW is likely > 18, in fact, the average age of video game players is ~30.

Scary when you think about how some people act.

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Lothar

33. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:57:37 AM PDT

Q u o t e:

I'm 34, going on 35. (I'm staying there too.) Most of the people I game with are in their early 20s to mid 40s. I also know of many older players that have been a part of the guilds I've been in or that I've seen post before as well but it's a smaller population.

The great thing about WoW though is that it has something for many ages. I've seen mention of entire families playing together.

*Quick edit- As noted above, I'm not 12, but will sometimes find myself jumping as I'm going somewhere. It's more evident on characters that have fun jump animations like the BE and NE. I can't help it!

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Wolfsoka

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Cenarius

34. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:57:45 AM PDT

I am currently 20 years old.

I can remember having a couple in my guild who played a warrior and a priest together. They were both in their late 50s. Great people!

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Gragnar

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Dalaran

35. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:57:54 AM PDT

Q u o t e:
*Quick edit- As noted above, I'm not 12, but will sometimes find myself jumping as I'm going somewhere. It's more evident on characters that have fun jump animations like the BE and NE. I can't help it!

Oh god another 'jumper'

At least now I now why they are doing it. And I never would have suspected as I am always in first person so can not see myself jumping around and would not want to.

As to the original question - 56 and still kicking here - rock on old folk!

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Crushar

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Terenas

37. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:58:07 AM PDT

45. At one point in time we had 11 parent/child teams in our guild. Brought our average age in guild down but was very interesting in vent chat.

Vergastok

Anvilmar

38. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:58:21 AM PDT

37 here and a guild my alt is in seems to be ran by people 30-40ish. I would say that the majority of the players are younger, but the 'older' ones are slowly building.

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Rhionnan

Cenarion Circle

39. Re: How old is the avg wow player 06/13/2007 07:58:33 AM PDT

Q u o t e:

I don't understand that at all.

I'm a woman. I'm 32. Big deal.

Well, I have more than a few years on you. The reality of the world is that men grow old and look distinguished, women grow old and look old. Yes, it's unfair and it stinks, but life is like that,

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